"Cloverfield" Director Takes On Vampires

"Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves will write and direct the vampire tale "Let the Right One In" for Overture Films and Hammer Films.

Project, a remake of Tomas Alfredson's Swedish film "Lat Den Ratte Komma In" based on a novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, centers on a young boy who befriends a female neighbor who moves to town.

Hammer acquired remake rights at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, where the film won the Founders Award for narrative feature. Overture is planning to release the remake next year.

Reeves is in pre production on "Invisible Woman," a dramatic thriller probing the mind of a desperate housewife who turns to a life of crime. His directing credits include "The Pallbearer" and the TV skein "Felicity"; he wrote "The Yards" and co-created and executive produced "Felicity."